--- title: "Great Beaver Lake recreation site near Prince George" description: "Great Beaver Lake: recreation site, 2 h 51 min from downtown Prince George. Hunting, swimming, fishing, camping." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/great-beaver-lake/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/great-beaver-lake.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-16T17:22:29.854Z --- # Great Beaver Lake Recreation site, 2 h 51 min from downtown Prince George. [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.37175,-123.572) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1027) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/great-beaver-lake/#map) ## About > 16 sites spread along 500m of southern shoreline. Cement boat launch. From Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue). ## What’s there ### Activities - [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting) - [Swimming](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=swimming) - [Fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=fishing) - [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping) ### Amenities - 16 campsites - Toilets - Picnic tables - Fire rings - Concrete boat launch As published by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue). ## Getting there From Fort St James drive east on the Germansen Landing North Road. Turn right onto the Teardrop Forest Service Road. The site access road is located at (4)49 km on the Teardrop FSR. Driving directions from Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue). Forest service roads can be rough or closed: check [DriveBC](https://www.drivebc.ca/) for highways. ## Map [Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-sites) Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. ## Nearby - [Tsulkeh Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tsulkeh-lake/) Lake 7.0 km - [Suskeh Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/suskeh-lake/) Lake 8.3 km - [Teardrop Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/teardrop-lake-znn0aob/) Lake 8.8 km - [Teardrop Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/teardrop-lake/) Recreation site 9.0 km - [Tureen Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tureen-lake/) Recreation site 9.3 km - [Tureen Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tureen-lake-y96nkv7/) Lake 9.8 km - [Lamb Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lamb-lake/) Lake 11 km - [Great Beaver Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/great-beaver-lake-3p95h86/) Lake 14 km - **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 51 min, 89 km by road - **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 8.3 km from this point - **Straight-line distance**: 74 km from downtown - **Campsites**: 16 - **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard - **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive - **Good for**: Summer and winter - **Coordinates**: 54.37175, -123.57200 ## Links - [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1027) - [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations) - [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/) - [Fire bans and restrictions](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions) [Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/) Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1027). Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data. Source read 2 days ago [Report a problem](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/feedback/?kind=correction&page=%2Foutdoors%2Fgreat-beaver-lake%2F&subject=Outdoors%3A+Great+Beaver+Lake) ## More in Explore [See all in Explore](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#explore) - [Things to do Parks, trails, indoor fun](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/) - [Indoor fun Things to do on rainy and cold days](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/indoor-activities/) - [Where to stay Hotels, motels, B&Bs and campgrounds](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/where-to-stay/) - [History and places The bowl, the rivers, the railway](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/) - [Lheidli T’enneh Whose land this is](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/) - [Land and resources Forests, mines, geography](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/resources/) ## Data Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/). ### Place data Source: [BC Parks Data API, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and the BC Freshwater Atlas (BC Data Catalogue), OpenStreetMap](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-parks-data-api-access). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc) for BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and Freshwater Atlas places; ODbL 1.0 © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) for OpenStreetMap places and drive times; each place names its own source. Updated 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z. JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/outdoors/great-beaver-lake - **slug**: great-beaver-lake - **name**: Great Beaver Lake - **category**: rec-sites - **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming - **kind**: Recreation site - **lat**: 54.37175 - **lng**: -123.572 - **kmFromCentre**: 73.6 - **driveKm**: 88.6 - **driveMinutes**: 170.6 - **offRoadMetres**: 8261 - **elevationM**: _none_ - **areaHa**: _none_ - **lengthKm**: _none_ - **activities**: hunting, swimming, fishing, camping - **amenities**: 16 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Concrete boat launch - **seasons**: summer, winter - **lake**: _none_ - **park**: _none_ - **closure**: _none_ - **advisories**: _none_ - **description**: 16 sites spread along 500m of southern shoreline. Cement boat launch. - **directions**: From Fort St James drive east on the Germansen Landing North Road. Turn right onto the Teardrop Forest Service Road. The site access road is located at (4)49 km on the Teardrop FSR. - **page**: - **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue) - **sourceUrl**: - **licence**: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc) - **fetchedAt**: 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z - **onShore**: _none_ #### links | label | url | | --- | --- | | Recreation Sites and Trails BC page | https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1027 | #### nearby | slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | tsulkeh-lake | Tsulkeh Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.4217 | -123.63816 | 7 | 80.6 | 90.1 | | suskeh-lake | Suskeh Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.38347 | -123.69781 | 8.3 | 80.6 | 90 | | teardrop-lake-znn0aob | Teardrop Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.38505 | -123.43736 | 8.8 | 68.6 | 88.8 | | teardrop-lake | Teardrop Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 54.37996 | -123.4344 | 9 | 68.1 | 87.7 | | tureen-lake | Tureen Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 54.39802 | -123.43629 | 9.3 | 69.7 | 90.6 | | tureen-lake-y96nkv7 | Tureen Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.4008 | -123.42895 | 9.8 | 69.6 | 91.2 | | lamb-lake | Lamb Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.31334 | -123.43768 | 10.9 | 62.9 | 78.6 | | great-beaver-lake-3p95h86 | Great Beaver Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.44927 | -123.73442 | 13.6 | 87.2 | 90.9 | _Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._ --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/great-beaver-lake/. 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